Zi Liyuan had witnessed the dark side of Blue Star, so he was neither a naive idealist nor a scoundrel.
Everything he did aimed at enhancing his own strength, with ambitions to become a Sea of Realms Lord, a dominator of the Sea of Realms, and perhaps even to embark on the path to becoming a god or a demon.
To wage wars in the Sea of Realms, one needed massive resources and also some subordinates.
Therefore, he would dedicate himself to cultivating members who were willing to follow him and help them deal with their concerns.
"That's a good idea. I originally thought I might need to persuade you to part with some benefits, but it seems you have a clear grasp of the situation."
The principle that one who carries a jade about his person incurs the risk attached to it is understood by many, but when faced with enormous temptations of interest, how many can maintain their sincerity?
This lad was only 18 years old and could already see the situation clearly, which made Elder Huang admire him even more.
"Since you are willing to give up such great benefits to the empire, the empire naturally won't treat you unfairly.
The establishment of the military company will be sorted out soon, and you will take over directly when it's done.
As for the universal large-scale automatic production lines you need, the military factory will be notified to liaise with you.
How to modify the lines, you'll have to discuss that with them yourself.
As for Xiao Yurou, before she has the power to protect herself, it's best to keep her within Dragon Academy.
If you need to research any materials or objects, just notify me, and the military will arrange to obtain them.
Try not to let her be exposed, otherwise the Coalition of Nations might cause trouble."
Shen Yurou had recently developed something that could be mass-produced, but it was only applicable to Second Order or lower professionals for now.
He also wanted to see if these items could improve the success rate of First and Second Order tasks.
As for the Hunter soldiers, that would proceed in parallel, but just how much it could enhance their combat power would need a regiment-sized army to test.
"Then thank you for your help, Elder Huang."
Having the military company established officially by the Great Xia Empire would save untold troubles, and judging by Elder Huang's attitude of not wanting Shen Yurou to show her face, this also counted as a form of protection.
In the extraordinary world, there were countless devious methods, such as the bloodline curse that Number Two had suffered previously, which could kill from a distance.
"Since you know I've helped, how about raising our agreed proportion to 15 [Heart of the Lord] pieces?"
A certain disrespectful bigwig immediately seized the chance to raise the stakes.
"Elder Huang, why don't you just kill me instead? That would be more realistic."
An increase was out of the question. Knowing that the [Heart of the Lord] could evolve some high-level Lord Bosses into Epic Bosses, the consumption of this item was extraordinarily high.
Wouldn't he lose one piece if he gave an extra one to the military?
"Negotiating with a little rabbit like you will kill me with anger, I'm leaving!"
Tired of looking at this guy, Elder Huang briskly left with his thermos cup in hand.
He had plenty to do. The reason he had visited Zi Liyuan was to ascertain the lad's luck factor.
Having witnessed him using a replica origin treasure chest to obtain a [Lord's Heart], the military's attitude towards him would become even more friendly, and more restricted resources might be tilted towards him.
And more [Heart of the Lord] pieces meant that the Great Xia Empire could cultivate more Lords of the Sea of Realms and eliminate more of the monster lairs invading Blue Star.
The military couldn't help but take greater notice of Zi Liyuan.
"Perhaps, the great curse of the 'Undead Calamity', a forbidden magic of the death profession, might really appear in his hands."
The "Undead Calamity" was expressly forbidden to use or spread in the Blue Star world.
Once, a necromancer used this Grand Curse to create a horrific tide of Undead, completely annihilating a country and massacring hundreds of millions of Blue Star Humans with insane savagery.
Had it not been for the intervention of ancient empires from the Sea of Realms, who used precious treasures to pinpoint the necromancer's whereabouts and had several hundred Fourth Order Peak powerhouses encircle and kill him, this major trouble wouldn't have been resolved.
Since that accident, the "Undead Calamity" had been explicitly forbidden to use or spread, and anyone who defied this mandate would be hunted down by nations.
Given Zi Liyuan's ability to obtain a large number of [Heart of the Lord] pieces, it was only a matter of time before he could gather the precursor skills for "Undead Calamity"; controlling this Grand Curse was inevitable.
Elder Huang knew this guy all too well; if he could open 20 [Heart of the Lord] pieces with a hundred chests, then the number obtained would definitely reach that figure.
This rascal had been insisting on a fifty-fifty split from the start, clinging to the number 10, clearly because he could open 20 and was only willing to hand over half.
The military had investigated luck for quite some time and using a hundred chests to open 20 [Heart of the Lord] pieces was absolutely heaven-defying.
So Elder Huang didn't dare hope too high, assuming a 20% chance to open them was already incredibly heaven-defying.
Elder Huang left with his entourage of guards, but there was still one military officer who stayed behind in the room.
"Lord Zi Liyuan, I will handle the transaction of replica origin chests with you one-on-one from now on. My name is Liu Guozhong, Colonel, in charge of logistics in Shenglong State's military department."
Having said that, Liu Guozhong directly initiated a trade with Zi Liyuan.
And then, one by one, replica origin treasure chests were placed on the trading interface.
Seeing a total of 500 replica origin treasure chests, Lord Zi was momentarily astonished.
He truly hadn't expected the military to leave so many origin chests unopened.
"The skill that enhances luck value is only active for ten minutes, and these many chests can't be opened all at once, it might take a few days."